RADIOJanuary 30, 2023

Attorney: THIS is what’s DEEPLY wrong with new ATF gun rule

A new ATF ruling may turn as many as 40 MILLION Americans into felons. The rule, which concerns firearm pistol braces, doesn’t leave law-abiding gun owners with many options to obey: Either destroy the firearm, turn it in, or apply for a tax stamp that likely would take years to receive — within the next 120 days. Stephen Stamboulieh, Attorney for Gun Owners of America, joins Glenn to explain exactly what’s going on at the ATF, how YOU might avoid felony charges if affected, and specifically what it is about this new ruling makes him ‘wholly uncomfortable.’

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GLENN: We have Stephen Stamboulieh, on the phone with us. Stephen, welcome to the program. How are you, sir?

STEPHEN: I'm doing well. It's an honor to talk to you, Glenn, and even Stu.

STU: Wow. Wow.

GLENN: And even Stu.

STU: Don't lower yourself, Stephen. It's terrible.

GLENN: I've lost so much respect for you already. Hey, I watched your YouTube show, I think it was from the shot show last week.

STEPHEN: Yes.

GLENN: And I am trying to even understand what is going on, with the pistol brace rule. Because this could make 40 million Americans felons.

STEPHEN: Right.

GLENN: Has -- has this -- is this -- is this in effect now, as the clock started to tick. Where are we on this?

STEPHEN: Okay. So on Friday the 13th, they put out this final rule. But did not publish it in the Federal Register. I got back late Friday night.

I have not even checked the Federal Register, to see if it's, quote, published in the Federal Register.

But publishing it in the Federal Register, starts the clock ticking for you to do the things you need to do, to either remain compliant with the law.
Or their new law, that they just created.

Because, well, they hate all of us. Or, you know, turn in your rifle. Your pistol, whatever.

Or just ignore it, and become a felon. And go spend some time.

GLENN: Jeez.

Okay. So it could have started? We don't know yet. We can find out.

Can you see -- how do you check the Federal Register? I don't even -- how do you do that? Can the average person do that?

STEPHEN: Yeah. And that's exactly what they say. Is the average person has -- their -- their -- I can't even remember the exact language. But once it's published in the Federal Register, everyone is just deemed to be on notice, that it's been published on the Federal Register. And have knowledge of what's in the Federal Register. Even though most people don't have this masochistic streak, where they want to punish themselves by reading thousands of pages of bureaucratic regulations.

GLENN: Correct.

STU: I'm just about -- I'm on the page to search for it.

And there's 908,512 documents, which surely, I know everything that is in those documents.

GLENN: Well, you would if you were responsible and you check it every morning, like I do.

So what do you search for in this? Do you just search for, you know, bad guns?

STU: Evil gun.

GLENN: The -- the stabilizing braces?

STEPHEN: Stabilizing braces, correct.

GLENN: Okay. Look for stabilizing braces. Okay.

So once this has been published, we have 120 days to either get rid of the gun. Let me actually read this to you. This was the way it was pushed today.

Let's see, that you can get rid of the brace. Destroy -- get the tax stamp. Which is impossible. And you can explain that later. At least in time to comply.

Or destroy the pistol brace. Or you can -- or you can turn your if one into the ATF. I don't even know where the ATF is. Or you can go to prison.

So can we destroy the pistol brace?

STEPHEN: So they say that you can destroy the pistol brace. And the ATF has various methods of how you're supposed to destroy it. I mean, the easiest thing would be to crush it up. Throw it away, right?

But, yeah. That is one of your options. You can absolutely destroy your firearm, if you're so inclined to do. And you can 100 percent turn in your firearms to the ATF. I'm sure they would appreciate free guns.

GLENN: Oh, free guns. Last thing.

STEPHEN: Right. Well, for them. Right. The other thing they tell us to do, is since they're so kind. And so gracious. They're going to allow us this one time opportunity to get a free tax stamp. And, Glenn, you spoke about how hard it was to get a tax stamp. You know, you're looking at over -- over a year wait.

I mean, it's like a year wait right now. Before they want to add --

GLENN: 40 million. Right.

STEPHEN: Right. And if you take the ATF number, it's 3 million. If you take congressional research services, you know, bipartisan. They say up to 40 million.

Let's go with 40 million, right? Or anywhere in between, it doesn't matter. They're going to over -- just completely inundate the system with people trying to comply, right?

Because most citizens want to comply with the law, so they don't get their door kicked in. Their dog shot. And their gun seized. So, yeah. It's not going to happen within a year. I mean, maybe two years.

GLENN: Maybe. And you are a felon, if you have it, in those two years. Correct?

Even if they apply.

STEPHEN: So the way they say this. And this is what gives me so much heartburn over this. They're saying, we were wrong when we told you over and over and over again, that a braced pistol is not a short-barreled rifle.

It's always been a short-barreled rifle. We just said the wrong thing. And it's our bad, sorry.

So you're a felon if you have it now. But since we're such nice people. If you go through the process of registering it, right?

So you go and you do your E form one, or your paper form. Whatever. And you submit this to the ETF, along with your photographs and your fingerprints. Your address. And a picture of a firearm.

We will deem you to be in compliance, even though you have a short-barreled rifle. Because you've said it's a short barreled rifle.

Because they said it's a short-barreled rifle, and you don't have a tax stamp for it.

You are for saying in violation of the law.

But they're going to use their enforcement discretion to not come after you, assuming you do the things they tell you to do.

GLENN: Well, the ATF has also warned, reading from the article.

Americans with Pistol Braces are likely already violating the National Firearms Act by possessing an unregistered rifle with a barrel less than 16 inches.

To they're -- they're already saying, yeah. Even if you're doing all this, you're probably already a felon. This is madness.

STEPHEN: You're already committing the crime. You've committed the crime, by having, with their new definition, a brace pistol that fits into one of their multiple subjective criteria. You are committing the felony now.

And that's why they use enforcement discretion. Because you only use enforcement discretion, if you're violating the law. There's no need to use enforcement discretion, if you're not in violation of any law.

Because there's nothing to enforce.

GLENN: So let me -- so what do we do?

Because I don't think -- I mean, this can't pass a test in the courts.

I mean, it would maybe in California or New York.

But it's not going to -- even the ninth circuit, would probably even overturn this. Do we have time -- what do you do? Do you just sit here and wait it out?

STEPHEN: You know, that's a good question. What do you do? I'm wholly uncomfortable admitting to the ATF, that I have committed a felony, even though they said, they're not going to prosecute me. And their enforcement discretion. Because that changes. You've seen from almost everything the ATF does. They constantly change their minds. Along at the bump stocks. Look at the 80 percent lowers. Now look at the pistol brace. They have a demonstrable history of being wrong, and changing their mind on everything. So what's to stop them from changing their mind on enforcement discretion or saying, well, Mr. Beck, you just didn't do it good enough, and now we're going to prosecute you.

So, I mean, to answer your question, what did you do?

I mean, there's going to be some organization that will be suing them on this. Pretty soon.

GLENN: Okay. I can't imagine what that organization would be. But...

Okay.

STEPHEN: Right. Right. It's a secret to everybody.

GLENN: Yeah. It wouldn't be the gun owners of America, I'll tell you that right now.

Okay. So some organization is going to be suing them.

And how is that -- how long is that going to take?

STEPHEN: Well, it depends on -- on -- on -- oh, gosh.

So many different things.

You know, we would -- the organization would absolutely seek a temporary restraining order in a preliminary injunction throughout the litigation. Right?

So if that organization could get the rule held in, you know, abeyance law.

The court is deciding whether or not, the ATF can willy-nilly change its mind on everything.

Within 120 days, we would expect to have some kind of answer.

And 120 days is plenty enough time for the court to decide, whether or not to hold -- hold a rule, and, you know, just enjoying it, pending litigation.

I mean, it's plenty of time for them to do that.

STEPHEN: And it gives them 120 days. And it gives you lots of opportunity, in case they go against you. Can you give -- like, for instance, I live in two different counties. And I love my sheriffs.

And, you know, until this thing is worked out. Can I just go to my sheriff and say, here take this.

You can use this.

If it turns out to be a felony to own it, you guys take it. And you guys use it.

But I -- I don't want to possess it.

Because I am -- I would be the perfect target. You know what I mean?

They're not going to throw 40 million people in prison. But they will throw maybe a couple of hundred.

And that will teach everyone else. You can do this to them. We're coming for you.

STEPHEN: Right. You can absolutely turn it into your sheriff for, quote, safekeeping. While you're paying attention to what we're doing in the courts, to see if we're successful in the courts. I don't know why we wouldn't be.

I mean, this is just so --

GLENN: Obvious.

STEPHEN: It's like the definition of arbitrary and capricious. If you open up a dictionary, it would have a picture of the ATF right there.

GLENN: Yeah. But you would also have -- if this passes, then they can say, all semiautomatics.

I mean, Joe Biden is already saying, semiautomatic handguns are a problem. There's no use for them. That's every gun sold, unless you're buying an old western gun.

STEPHEN: Right. And that's funny that you say that. It just jogged my memory. I think it was the Sixth Circuit GOA bump stock case, the senior deputy counsel for DOJ could not answer whether or not all semiautomatic firearms were machine guns. Like all AR-15s.

GLENN: Right. Right.

STEPHEN: When the court asked him, h's like, I'm not prepared to answer them. And I thought, well, by God, that's a really easy question. No. The answer is no.

GLENN: Right. Right. But if you don't answer it now, you can answer it when you do it in a rule.

I mean, is this the first time that you've seen something that hasn't had a grandfather clause in it?

STEPHEN: No. Because look at bump stocks, right? After Trump directed the DOJ and the ATF to basically strike bump stocks with a pen. You know, all of them, turn them in. Mr. and Mrs. America. You're now felons.

And you've always -- this bump stock. Even though we said, prior to this, it was legal. One hundred percent legal, not a machine gun.

I know this is a common theme with the ATF.

We were wrong. And they are actually machine guns, and we are going to use our enforcement discretion, not to come after you.

However, you can't register them, because 18 USC 9220 does not allow you to have new machine guns, just prior to 1986 machine guns.

GLENN: Okay. So --

STEPHEN: You can still own a machine gun.

GLENN: Does the fact that that wasn't challenged, or did it lose --

STU: Can we say the fact that Republicans have rolled over as Trump did this and said nothing about it.

GLENN: Right. Does that hurt us on this now?

STU: Now there's more precedent for it.

GLENN: Well, what's great about the bump stock stuff, is in the Sixth Circuit, GOA 1 at the panel.

At like the three-judge panel stage, and basically, the court really just called out the ATF. And said, you can't do this. And then when -- basically, the full court. They evenly split, and an even split say bad thing. If you lose in the trial court.

Because what it does, is it affirms the trial court ruling, because the -- the court couldn't free on how it was. However, a Fifth Circuit came in for the win a couple weeks ago in the cargo case.

And basically, involved 13-3, told the ATF, bump stocks are not machine guns.

So, you know -- you know, your move to ATF.

So the circuits are split on that because all of the different circuits can't agree. And what does that do?

It sets you up for the perfect Supreme Court case.

Because you can't have Texas, Mississippi, and Louisiana, apply one federal law one way, and then the other states applying it a different way.

So the Supreme Court is going to have to step in and resolve that circuit split. Because that's a pretty big deal.

STU: Of course, all these companies that are making these things are now out of business. Right?

You know, three years down the line.

Yeah. It's like -- this is the process, which is the punishment half the time.

GLENN: So we've been talking about Stephen Stamboulieh. And he's with the Gun Owners of America.

You can follow all of the information at gunowners.org. Gunowners.org. Or you can follow Stephen on his Twitter handle @Stambo2A. I like -- Stambo2A.

Stephen, thank you so much, I appreciate it. We'll talk to you again.

STEPHEN: Yes, sir. Take care.

GLENN: You bet. Buh-bye.

The REAL Reason Zohran Mamdani Is CRUSHING NYC's Mayoral Race | Glenn TV | Ep 465

A deadly epidemic has reached crisis levels across the United States. Two death cults — radical leftism and political Islam — are openly battling for control of our nation. Look no further than the New York City mayoral race for proof. It exposes a dangerous alliance of radical leftists, socialists, anarchists, and Islamists united in one toxic coalition to get Zohran Mamdani elected. But Glenn Beck argues these groups aren’t the root cause — they’re symptoms of a deeper crisis: a catastrophic lack of education. Plus, Glenn gives a front-row seat to his full remarks at his Mercury One charity event, where he reveals why he’s launching the Torch — a new mission to fight back with truth, history, and critical thinking.

Exposing the truth: The ongoing genocide of Christians in Nigeria

Thousands of Christians in Nigeria are being murdered, and the world is barely paying attention. Glenn Beck speaks with Rep. Marlin Stutzman about his new bill with Senator Ted Cruz: The Nigeria Religious Freedom Accountability Act. This legislation would sanction Nigerian officials enforcing Sharia law and target those allowing violence against Christians. Boko Haram and radical jihadist groups have killed over 125,000 believers, destroyed hundreds of churches, and enslaved women and children as global leaders remain silent. Beck and Rep. Stutzman expose the truth about this ongoing genocide and call for urgent action to protect the innocent and defend religious freedom.

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GLENN: Marlin, welcome. How are you, sir?

MARLIN: Hey, I'm doing great, Glenn. Great to be with you.

GLENN: Yeah, I wanted to talk to you. You and Ted Cruz are introducing something today. And it is to protect the people in Nigeria. The Christians in Nigeria. Before you get to the bill, explain to America, what is happening that very few people are even aware of.

MARLIN: Yeah, no. You know, we've been focusing a lot on the Middle East. And there's obviously, you know, Christians and Jews and other sectarian groups in Syria that have been killed. Of course, the conflict in Gaza. But here in Africa, in Nigeria, since 2009, Boko Haram has killed 125,000 Christians, and the jihadist groups that are there are destroying hundreds of churches every month.

I mean, this is bad. I don't know if you have a chance. There's a video that's been floating around social media. Where the pastor, that's standing over some dead bodies in an open grave, and he's just pleading for help. And especially, particularly America. And so there's been a real genocide of Christians in particular, in Nigeria. And it's just a tragic situation that's going on there right now.

GLENN: Well, I know that the Nazarene Fund has been trying to get there for a while. But it is -- it's one of the most dangerous places in the world.

You know, Boko Haram is -- is really, really very dangerous. And it's not just this. I think in just since Trump has gotten into office, 7,000 Christians have been killed, and almost 8,000 Christians, women and children have been abducted. And they have been sold into slavery.

So, I mean, the -- the -- problem is just ungodly.

Ungodly. What does your bill do to stop this?

MARLIN: Yeah. So the Nigeria Religious Freedom Accountability Act, which is also sponsored by Senator Ted Cruz in the Senate. It targets sanctions on officials, in that country, who would enforce Sharia law, and would allow for any sort of violence against Christians. And also designates Nigeria as a country of particular concern for the administration to focus on this. And I think that this is -- has gotten some attention lately, in a really fast way. And I'm -- my hope is that we just keep building this momentum.

You know, one of the things, Glenn. I was really glad to see you in Fort Wayne and Auburn a couple weeks ago.

And as we talked a little bit about religious freedom, I think this is the issue that we all need to be focused on.

GLENN: It is.

MARLIN: Here in America, and as well as around the world, because if you don't have religious freedom, you don't have economic freedom.
You don't have all the other freedoms that we enjoy.

Because if you're going to allow jihadists to come into the country. And -- and just extinguish those they disagree with.

This is not the way humanity should behave, at all.

This is not stability, at all.

And so that's why this -- this is going to target those, hit them in the pocket. And hit them hard.

And I don't want to see us using the United States military, the police force around the world.

But we don't have to. But we can hit them with financial consequences. And that's what this bill does.

GLENN: Well, and I know.

And I don't want to give out any information, until it's time to give out information. But we're getting involved as well.

And I hope to be there in the first quarter of next year. Bringing this story to America.

Firsthand, so you can see what is going on.

Because I just -- I'm very concerned with everything that's happening around the world, including in Europe.

And what I think is coming here.

I mean, Texas. People in Texas, have no idea.

We are leading the -- the nation on -- on Sharia law. Building -- you know, communities. Here in Texas.

And the -- the state government is finally getting serious about it.

And they really need to.

But I think this -- this Sharia law thing, it is going to be the next big battle of the West.

MARLIN: Uh-huh. Yeah. Yeah.

No. I think you're right. And that's the thing, where with the -- the Muslim countries in the Middle East. Like the UAE, they have religious freedom. That's the model that we should be following.

GLENN: Yes.

MARLIN: That's why Syria is so critical right now. Syria is on this edge, where it could go one way or the other. And it really needs to -- we're pushing very hard for the new president there. Al-Sharaa to -- to allow for religious freedom.

Because there's -- it's a very diverse country. But, I mean, if you look at Africa, Christianity is growing in Africa, and I'm really good friends with Daniel Edah. He is running for president of the Benin in Africa. Wonderful, Christian man. And, you know, there are leaders that are stepping up in Africa, saying, we've had enough.

And they're speaking out. But now, the jihadists and the extremists are coming in. And trying to, you know, put the fear in them, by killing them and extinguishing them. And that just should not be allowed.

The global -- I mean, the global community needs to come together and say, you know, not in Africa. I mean, if we all know Africa's struggles for centuries, there's -- there are people there, that are really trying to build up that continent. And if this is allowed to happen, it just can't happen.

GLENN: I have to tell you, I've seen more real Christians, in the Middle East, than I've seen anywhere else in the world.

These -- I mean, these people know what their faith is. Because they're threatened. Their life is threatened all the time. All the time.

The dark side of artificial intelligence: Amazon's 30,000 job cuts

Amazon, who famously promoted a high hourly rate to gain workers, is now set to eliminate 30 THOUSAND jobs in favor of artificial intelligence automation. This is a prime example of how artificial intelligence can be used in a negative way, and Glenn doesn't think American citizens will take too kindly to this...

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GLENN: I want to talk to you about the story that I saw today. Bill Gates says climate change will not lead to humanity's demise. Pardon me?

Wait. Hold on just a second. Let me go back into the records here, and see. Let's see. What has he said? 2015. Climate change is a terrible problem, absolutely needs to be solved. Deserves to be a huge priority. It is the poorer people in tropical zones, who will get hit by climate change, as well as some ecosystems nobody wants to see disappear. The threat of climate change is dire. He said that just two years ago. It will be the greatest challenge the world has ever faced.

We must take it on. We must reach net zero emissions by 2050, to avoid a climate disaster. 2021, to avoid climate disaster.

We need to eliminate emissions from the ways we create electricity, grow food, make things move around, blah, blah, blah. No one will be hurt more by climate change than the world's poorest people. It's already worse than most models predicted.

To prevent climate change scenarios, we need breakthroughs. In key areas. He's now put billions of dollars behind the climate change movement. Now he says, not so bad!

Not so bad! Not so bad!

What the hell just happened?

Okay. What just happened. On a completely unrelated note, let me give you another story today. Amazon, the first company to say, $30 an hour! You come on in, and work in our warehouses, is $30 an hour.

30 is an interesting number, because they just laid off 30,000 people. Why?

Because they're going AI. Okay?

It's all going to be automated. Everything. This is the first -- this -- warning. This is the first -- what do you call that aftershocks, when you get the rumbles before the big earthquake?

You know, it's like pre-shock. Just the quick, quiet, very low on the Richter scale rumble. And you're like, what was that? What was that?

That's an earthquake coming. Things starting to shift. Just a little bit. Not the big one yet. Just a little shift.

STU: Chooses to use the term birth pangs for this.

GLENN: Yeah, birth pangs. Birth pangs are the things you have -- you're just having that first birth pang. Thirty thousand people laid off.

Now, remember, gosh. Think of the money they're saving, because they were paying everybody $30 an hour. Because they were such a great company. They care about people. Until they could replace all the people.

Now, why am I bringing that story up. Next to the Bill Gates story about climate change.

What do those stories have -- what do they have in common at all?

Power! And I don't mean just political or economic power, absolutely. That goes without saying. I mean, energy. The world is starving for energy.

I've got a story for you next hour. And I'm going to show you exactly where you have to be, whether you're for climate change -- you know, we've got to go all green, or we've got to go all in, on server farms. One way or another, I will tell you what you have to do, and it is imperative that you do it, next hour.

But here's what snapped together today: We have been seeing this movement, and I know that the world is about to change, and our system doesn't work. The two parties don't work. It doesn't cover everything. We have been fighting over communism or fascism. Both of them are wrong! Okay. They don't work.

And they've been sold exactly the same way, over and over. Except, global warming. Global warming has been the one thing that has not been out and out Marxist, until it had to be.

And then you're like, okay. All right. We want people to -- we want people to die, because it will save the earth. So we're absolutely, you know, antigrowth.

Okay?

Pretty easy to see what side you are on. At least for me. Pretty easy to see what side you're on.

I am for growth. I am for technology.

I am for an end to this global warming nonsense. Except, I am also pro-earth.

I think we have -- we have a responsibility to make sure we do things that are right for the earth.

I am absolutely pro-pharmaceuticals. Until I'm not pro-pharmaceuticals. Because I think the pharmaceutical companies have gotten out of control.

I am absolutely for doing everything we can, with our farmers, to be able to have them grow and grow food to feed the world. Until we start screwing with the food so much.

It's not really even meat anymore. And we don't really know where it's from. So am I for big ag, or against big ag?

Because I like parts of it. I don't like parts. Am I for the pharmaceutical companies, or against the pharmaceutical companies? Because I like the pharmaceutical companies, until I don't like the pharmaceutical companies.

Am I -- am I for the planet, or against the planet?

I like AI. But I'm also terrified of AI. Am I for AI or against AI?

I am for jobs. I am for people. So how can you be for people if you are AI?

Do you see how none of this works? Do you see how you are -- you are literally. We are already dividing ourselves into. We're being pulled apart.

I don't know. I have another thing I will do next hour. After I tell you the other thing next hour. Hope to get to this other thing. Where you don't know what the truth is anymore.

We are pulling ourselves completely apart. Right?

You don't know what the truth is. You don't know what to believe anymore.

Did Erika kill her husband Charlie Kirk? Please! But there are a lot of people that don't know. They don't know the truth. Why? Why don't they know the truth? Because people who don't believe in anything, will fall for everything! And we don't know what we believe anymore. We going to elect Mamdani?

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. New York is going Marxist.

Maybe Islamist to some degree.

It's going that way. It's going to happen. So how is that going to work?

Hmm. I brought in a chalkboard. Because I was explaining this to Stu. And, Stu, I want you to help me with this.

Because as I was laying this out for you. It's because -- I want you to know. I divided this chalkboard into two categories. And they are not good or bad.

They just are. Okay? Because there are things that I like on both sides of the chalkboard. But I'm going to show you what you're going to be asked to choose from. Because these are how these two sides are going to end up in the end.

STU: Sort of like a great realignment?

GLENN: Yes. Yes. Okay.

STU: Okay.

GLENN: So on one side, we're going to have the global warming people. Well, I'm not for the global warming people. Because that's all degrowth. Right?

I'm not for that. I am for workers.
And I am kind of anti-AI. I don't want AI to take over everything and control everything.

STU: Right.

GLENN: Correct?

Right?

But at the same time, I am AI and tech driven.

I just announced something with AI, okay?

But I am for ethical AI. Global warming and degrowth?

No, I'm for drill, baby, drill.

But I am -- I am big business. But I'm not big business.

I believe in capitalism. I believe in ethical capitalism. But I don't mind big business. But I have a hard time with, I don't know. Some of these AI companies like Google and everybody else, that now seem to be in better with our government.

I don't want them in bed with our government.

STU: I was going to say, you mentioned Amazon, Amazon is a good example of this.

It's a company that is obviously, very much big business.

Also, seen as capitalism. So do you like that, do you not like that?

There are things that I like about Amazon. There's things I don't like about it.

GLENN: I don't like that. I don't like the fact that they're the government's server farms? I don't like that.

Big Pharma, there's lots of it I like. There's lots of it I don't like. I don't like control and digital IDs.

STU: Uh-huh.

GLENN: I'm anti-Marxist. That drill, baby, drill side, that's anti-Marxist. But it also leans globalist. I'm against that.

But it is for abundance. Growth, growth. Growth.

Abundance. Right?

On the other side, and I'm showing you how these things will line up.

The other side is global warming and key growth. Because it's also going to be pro worker. Anti-AI, anti-capitalist, Marxists.

But it's going to deemphasize degrowth and Marxism. It will be for real food. It will be MAHA. It will be local. It will be free trade. But not really.

Fair trade? Maybe. Maybe.

STU: Yeah.

GLENN: It will be --

STU: This classic free trade seems to align more with the other side.

GLENN: In the end, it will be a local farmers market. In the end, you will need to trade with one another, the way you want to trade. Okay? That's wait it will be sold. And it will be 15 minute cities. It will be 15-minute cities. Because the rest of the world is going to be AI, digital IDs, globalism, tracking everything, and this will be the anti-vat.

And so they will say, I will live in the 15-minute cities.

Remember, it will be growth and Marxism. But it will be packaged in a way, that we don't want to be that. We don't want to be that.

So I'll live in my 15-minute city. I don't need all of that technology. I don't need self-driving cars. I would rather know my neighbor. I would rather walk down the street, get my food, that I know I -- I know I get.

But I won't be able to do those things. But I don't want to do all those things with because I don't want to have the digital ID. Okay?

What you're going to get on one side, is in the end, going to be globalist and fascistic.

Global fascism on one side. The other side will be Marxist de-growth. These -- what I'm presenting to you, is pretty much especially on the Marxist de-growth side, the global warming side. That's going to be a utopia that will never survive. It will never survive. But that's the utopia that people are going to be offered. They are now going to be -- because global warming is now starting to be -- you know, a no-go zone.

It's going to be changed, and it's going to become pro-people, anti-tech, anti-big tech corporations.

It's going to become about anti-pharmaceutical companies. It will be about real food. It will be about health and MAHA. It's going to be about all the things that you probably go, I'm kind of for that stuff.

And the other side is going to be the other side of you that you're for. Well, I'm for capitalism. I'm for progress.

I'm for abundance. I'm for, you know, having energy.

This is the split, that is coming.

And I believe the Marxist global warming side is going to be extraordinarily appealing to a lot of people.

You may even have a -- right now, you'll hear this and go, I'm never going there.

Mark my words. It's going to be very difficult to see the difference of right and wrong.

Because everything is going to blur. On you.

Things that you think you're for, they're suddenly going to be for.

But are they actually for that? And that goes to both sides of this issue.

Because what's not on this chalkboard is the US Constitution.

This is the way the world will split. These are the choices, you're going to make.

Which way do you go?

There is a third way. And it's the US Constitution. That's not on the board. Because right now, that's not popular. No one is talking about it.

The hidden culprit behind rising electric bills

Electric bills across the country are still going up, despite the prices of things like eggs and gas going down. Glenn explains how AI server farms, built by companies like Microsoft and Amazon, are likely to blame...

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GLENN: So can we talk about real issues?

Let me tell you about the coming blackout.

Right now, in the last few days, there is a group of lawmakers in the mid-Atlanta in the Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. They're all sounding the alarm. And they're sounding the alarm. Because they believe, and I do too. That the worst power bill crisis in a generation is happening right now. Skyrocketing bills and strained grids.

How is it, this is happening?

We've drilled, baby, drilled. We've put new power plants online. Or old power plants we brought back online. They're saying, part of the problem is all this green new energy crap. Everybody is still saying, we have to have green energy. We have to have green energy. I just want you to hear this out in a second. But because I want to give you the reality of what's going on. Green energy is wonderful, I guess.

But it's absolutely a thing that will set us back hundred years plus. Okay? Green energy does not work for the America of 2000.

It certainly doesn't work today. Every single month, a new server farm is breaking ground somewhere in America. Once a month, that means 12 new server farms every year.

That will snowball. By the end of 2026, you will see them built and breaking ground maybe one a week. What we have so far, not building things small here. Each one of these data centers, which is feeding artificial intelligence, crypto, cloud computing.

They consume as much power as 50 homes all the time.

Told you at the beginning of the hour, Bill Gates has just come out and said, you know what,, you know, global warming is not as bad as you thought it was.

It's so laughable, because it's so transparent.

It's so evil.

It's not as bad as everybody thought it was.

We have to get off this global warming went. But we need power plants, I'll tell you that right now. Why? You know who Bill Gates' partner is? OpenAI. ChatGPT. Okay?

That's his partner. So we know why he's off this bandwagon. Because they're struggling, right now to find enough electricity, for what they're currently running.

Let alone the next generation of systems.

You have Google, Meta, Amazon, that are buying up land in every -- next to every major substation that they can find, because they know what's coming. But wait a minute. They're building it near substations. Wait. Wait.

Hold on. Are you taking the power from my home?

In many cases, yes!

Listen to this. This is from the international energy agency. This is something they just released. Global data center power will double by the end of 2026.

That is equivalent to adding another Japan to our energy demand.

Okay. Another Japan.

And that's just for computers and server farms. Adding Japan.

What are we building to be able to serve that? Not enough. Ireland has just begun restricting the new data centers. Now, here's what's going to happen. You're going to restrict them. And it's going to leave you in the past. Now, maybe you want to be left in the past. And that's what that chalkboard is about.

Maybe you want to be left in the past. But Ireland just said, no more server farms. Don't do it. Parts of the Netherlands. Singapore. Sweden. They are freezing construction now on all server farms. Because the grid can't handle the demand already. Tokyo's grid is so strained by the server farms that they have. Blackouts have already occurred in Tokyo during peak hours.

China, which is building a new coal fire plant. Every week, is rationing power to factories so they can keep the AI data hubs running.

So what happens when we shut down coal and install nuclear. And depend on sunshine and windmills. What happens?

Who's powering the cloud?

PJM. This is mid-Atlantic grid, PJM is one that runs it, one of the largest in the world. They say their grid in the mid-Atlantic is already at the breaking point. They have warned, quote, of critically tight capacity. Meaning, one bad to remember.

One bad heat wave. One bad cold spell. And you've got rolling blackouts.

Okay?

Why? Because the last administration retired reliable fossil fuel plants faster than we could replace them. We didn't replace them.

So we're already behind the eight ball. And now, the surge, and the search for power is on.

In Maryland alone. Energy production has dropped as consumption has surged. Why?

Because of the data centers. Virginia's data center corridor, which is, you know, the economic crown jewel of -- of Virginia. This giant data center corridor that happens in Virginia. It now consumes.

Now, today, you're still figuring out what AI does. Okay?

It now consumes one-fifth of Virginia's total energy output. One-fifth! Today!

Why is your electricity price going up?
Why have eggs gone down? They're back to over a dollar a dozen. Why has gas gone down. It's back to the price it was in 2018, 2019. Why is it that the prices have gone down? Yet your energy costs are skyrocketing?

ChatGPT. Amazon. AI. All the things -- Amazon just fired 30,000 people because they're going to replace them with electric robots and machines and AI. That takes power.

Imagine, you know, what happens to your price of housing, when you import 10 million people?

The price of housing goes through the roof. And nobody can afford a house. What happens to electricity, when the people aren't powered on food or have to live in a house, but just need electricity? When you have all that electricity demand for these AI systems and bots. Of course, the price is going to go through the roof.

Especially if we are at the same time that the -- the demand is going up. We're saying, limit the number of power plants. Let's go all are going to.

If you want green energy and you've known this. We've said this.

It's de-growth. But listen to me carefully. I'm not throwing you under the bus.

If you want green energy, then you have to recognize. And maybe you're fine with this. Probably are. No Bitcoin. No AI. And no modern digital economy. It doesn't exist.

If you want AI. And the server farms. And the EVs. And your self-driving car. Digital infrastructure.

You must start building power plants in your state, right now! The problem is, these two realities cannot co-exist. So we're going to see a split in the country. Okay?

The climate cult, as they're calling it, it's going to run head-long into artificial intelligence. And when that happens, lights go out, in your house. So what do you do? Let me give you two options.

If you live in a state, and you want to go net zero, you now have to demand, right now, that they top proving new server farms in your state, because that is in direct conflict with your green energy.

You cannot live in a state that is building new server farms or is supplying power to server farms across the border to another state. You must pass laws right now. And I'm not for this. But I'm just giving you the option if you're for green energy revolution. You must stop all server farms being built in your state.

Or they will bleed you try! And you must also pass a law saying, we are not selling our electricity, over state lines! For a server farm.

Got to do it. Got to do it now. You cannot run a trillion parameter AI model on fairy dust or solar power. Or wind power.

It doesn't happen.

Now, if you believe in innovation, if you believe in the free market, if you believe in progress. If you believe in AI.

You've got to call your state reps right now. And demand new stable, high output energy plants.

The president is saying, that all of these companies that are building these server farms, must be responsible for their own power.

They must build their own power plant.

You don't get anything from the grid!

But that's not happening.

So you need to go to your state rep and say, they cannot take the grid power.

They cannot take the power from the people. They have to create their own power. And I would say, and, in fact, if they want to do it, they must put some excess power into the grid, because they're the ones that will be able to build the nuclear power plant, not your state. They will! Gas, nuclear, hydro. Whatever it takes, you need to call your state and say, "We want power!" And we want the grids, and we want the server farms.

But if you are apathetic on this or if you're ignorant on this and you don't begin to act now, you are going to be -- you're going to be, you know, at the whims of whoever it is, that's running your state. California, we know which way you're going, but are you building server farms as well?

Because if you are, Utah, you should pass a law. We are not going to sell any more power to California because they will take your power, to fund their server farms, not the people. Their server farms. They will buy more power from you. Which, if they're buying it from you. Do you have enough for your server farms. And your people in your state.
Most likely, no! Unless you are doubling down on energy building, right now. This is the near-term problem.

Believe it or not, by the end of 2026, everybody will be very well aware of what energy is costing them. And what server farms are doing to the stability of our grid.

Unless people act right now. And, you know, it's one to things act at the federal level.

This has to be at your local level.

And, quite honestly, I want the energy in Texas. I am not -- I do not want to ship our energy someplace else for somebody else's server farm, if they're not pulling their own weight on electricity.

Because Texas is going to have server farms out the wazoo.

We are building the power plants. We're not building them fast enough.

But we are building tell me.

And until we know our population, which is growing exponentially. Our population can have the power they need to live, survive, and work!

And the power -- or, the server farms that we are building, they have their power as well.

There shouldn't be any -- there shouldn't be 1 kilowatt that is going across our border!

Especially to states who are green!
But this one is going to be up to you.